Image related to the service of Lancelot Giles Accession Number: A05865

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The Peking Club which was later burnt by Boxer troops. Photograph appears on page 4 of the Lancelot Giles album. Giles was a student interpreter on the British consular staff of the British legation at the time of the Boxer Rebellion.

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Accession Number
A05865
Photographer
Lancelot Giles
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Print
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Support: Paper (Fibre-based)
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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